Fergie's Tech Blog

Spyware Goes Legit?

Well, of course not.

But Robert MacMillan writes in the Washington Post online that:

Several high-profile businesses got some free advertising on the Los Angeles Times Web site today, but it's not the kind of exposure they're looking for. Times writer Joseph Menn reported that Mercedes-Benz USA and Yahoo, which build the kinds of engines we like in our garages and for our computers, have relied on spyware to get their brands in front of Internet users. And they're not the only ones.